Cardiac Events Prevalent in RSV-hospitalized Adults Over 50
Nearly one-quarter of adults age 50 or older hospitalized with RSV experienced an acute cardiac event, including those with no previous cardiovascular disease.
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Critical Care
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Medline Acquires AG Cuffill Cuff Pressure Manometer
Medline Industries announced the acquisition of the manufacturing rights and intellectual property of AG Cuffill from Hospitech Respiration Ltd.
Critical Care
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Greater Success of First-pass Intubation with Video Laryngoscopy
A report published in the New England Journal of Medicine says video laryngoscopy is superior to direct laryngoscopy in successful first-pass intubation attempts across staff experience levels in the ICU and emergency department.
ICU & Ventilation
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Higher Ventilator Mortality in Rural Intermediate Care Units
Patients receiving ventilator life support in rural hospital intermediate care units had significantly higher death rates than patients in the same type of unit at urban hospitals.
Emergency Room
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State Mandates Aren’t Boosting AED Use During Cardiac Arrest
Researchers say the data similarities between states with AED mandates and those without suggest that improving bystander AED use will need to go beyond legislative measures.
Ambulance & EMS
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Examining Pandemic-related Substance Abuse Risks in EMS, First Responders
A national survey of 2,801 first responders and found that nearly 40% reported using substances to relieve emotional discomfort experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
ARDS
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New Cell Therapy Reduces Mortality for COVID-19-related ARDS
An initial trial suggests invariant natural killer cell therapy improves survival.
Sepsis
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Phoenix Criteria for Pediatric Sepsis Based on Organ Dysfunction
The Phoenix criteria define sepsis as severe response to infection involving organ dysfunction, as opposed to an earlier focus on systemic inflammation.
Other Acute Disorders
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Prenatal SARS-CoV-2 Exposure Triples Risk of RDS in Neonates of Unvaccinated Mothers
Full-term infants exposed to SARS-CoV-2 in utero had three times the risk of developing neonatal RDS compared to unexposed infants.